flashdrive problems

I have a new computer with Windows Vista. I bought my first flashdrive ever,
the Sandesk Cruzer Micro USB Flash Drive with U3. I don't know anything
about flashdrives, but found out this one doesn't work with Windows Vista.
Could someone please tell me what kind to buy that would work? I am a
teacher and just need to transfer a small number of documents from my home
computer to my work computer. I would like the cheapest kind. (They had told
me at Best Buy that this flashdrive works on any computer, but I see it
doesn't! I'm not that computer literate, so please help! Thanks!
--
Wendy

Wendy the U3 will not work however the drive itself should, I have
same one no problems. Try this :

This solution has worked for some people with problematic USB devices:

Locate the file INFCACHE.1 in C:\Windows\inf
Right click on the INFCACHE.1 file, select Properties >Security > Edit, and
give
your account full control.

Delete INFCACHE.1, or rename it to INFCACHE.1.BAK or temporarily move to
your
desktop.
REBOOT

Once the drive is recognized you can delete and/or format the drive to
remove
the U3.

"Wendy" <> wrote in message
news:B86FE995-F850-4D80-B85B-...
>I have a new computer with Windows Vista. I bought my first flashdrive
>ever,
> the Sandesk Cruzer Micro USB Flash Drive with U3. I don't know anything
> about flashdrives, but found out this one doesn't work with Windows Vista.
> Could someone please tell me what kind to buy that would work? I am a
> teacher and just need to transfer a small number of documents from my home
> computer to my work computer. I would like the cheapest kind. (They had
> told
> me at Best Buy that this flashdrive works on any computer, but I see it
> doesn't! I'm not that computer literate, so please help! Thanks!
> --
> Wendy

"Wendy" <> wrote in message
news:B86FE995-F850-4D80-B85B-...
>I have a new computer with Windows Vista. I bought my first flashdrive
>ever,
> the Sandesk Cruzer Micro USB Flash Drive with U3. I don't know anything
> about flashdrives, but found out this one doesn't work with Windows Vista.
> Could someone please tell me what kind to buy that would work? I am a
> teacher and just need to transfer a small number of documents from my home
> computer to my work computer. I would like the cheapest kind. (They had
> told
> me at Best Buy that this flashdrive works on any computer, but I see it
> doesn't! I'm not that computer literate, so please help! Thanks!
> --
> Wendy


Sandisk has an update for U3 on their site that works with Vista. You can
also do what I did and just uninstall/remove U3 (will be a place on the mem
stick that tells you how.

On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:40:01 -0700, Wendy wrote:

> I have a new computer with Windows Vista. I bought my first flashdrive ever,
> the Sandesk Cruzer Micro USB Flash Drive with U3. I don't know anything
> about flashdrives, but found out this one doesn't work with Windows Vista.
> Could someone please tell me what kind to buy that would work? I am a
> teacher and just need to transfer a small number of documents from my home
> computer to my work computer. I would like the cheapest kind. (They had told
> me at Best Buy that this flashdrive works on any computer, but I see it
> doesn't! I'm not that computer literate, so please help! Thanks!

A flash drive is merely a USB mass storage device. It should certainly
work with every modern OS.

Links to what a person refers to are always welcome!

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)


"Steve" <> wrote in message
news:2201D04F-73FB-4E69-B220-...
>
> "Wendy" <> wrote in message
> news:B86FE995-F850-4D80-B85B-...
>>I have a new computer with Windows Vista. I bought my first flashdrive
>>ever,
>> the Sandesk Cruzer Micro USB Flash Drive with U3. I don't know anything
>> about flashdrives, but found out this one doesn't work with Windows
>> Vista.
>> Could someone please tell me what kind to buy that would work? I am a
>> teacher and just need to transfer a small number of documents from my
>> home
>> computer to my work computer. I would like the cheapest kind. (They had
>> told
>> me at Best Buy that this flashdrive works on any computer, but I see it
>> doesn't! I'm not that computer literate, so please help! Thanks!
>> --
>> Wendy
>
>
> Sandisk has an update for U3 on their site that works with Vista. You can
> also do what I did and just uninstall/remove U3 (will be a place on the
> mem stick that tells you how.

Ray is correct. Being a mass storage device it certainly should work with
every modern OS. With this insight, the problem was clearly with the U3
software that came pre-installed with the Sandisk flash drive which is not
compatible with Vista.
However to remove U3, you need to plug the flash drive into a system running
XP and then download and run the U3 removal utility from Sandisk, since Vista
won't even recognise the flashdrive because of the U3!
I did this with my 1GB Sandisk Cruzer Micro and now it works perfectly.

"ray" wrote:

> On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:40:01 -0700, Wendy wrote:
>
> > I have a new computer with Windows Vista. I bought my first flashdrive ever,
> > the Sandesk Cruzer Micro USB Flash Drive with U3. I don't know anything
> > about flashdrives, but found out this one doesn't work with Windows Vista.
> > Could someone please tell me what kind to buy that would work? I am a
> > teacher and just need to transfer a small number of documents from my home
> > computer to my work computer. I would like the cheapest kind. (They had told
> > me at Best Buy that this flashdrive works on any computer, but I see it
> > doesn't! I'm not that computer literate, so please help! Thanks!
>
> A flash drive is merely a USB mass storage device. It should certainly
> work with every modern OS.
>
>

"Chua" <> wrote in message
news:E38E13A5-E3EF-4E95-9E80-...
> Ray is correct. Being a mass storage device it certainly should work with
> every modern OS. With this insight, the problem was clearly with the U3
> software that came pre-installed with the Sandisk flash drive which is not
> compatible with Vista.
> However to remove U3, you need to plug the flash drive into a system
> running
> XP and then download and run the U3 removal utility from Sandisk, since
> Vista
> won't even recognise the flashdrive because of the U3!

That wasn't true of my Sandisk cruzer 1G.

Vista recognised two drives when I plugged it in.
One was a flash drive and one appeared to be some emulation of a CD IIRC.
Ther U3 control panel din't work it said this version doesn't work with
vista please visit www.sandisk.... for an update.

Trouble is I copied some jpegs to the flash drive and took it to Boots the
chemist and their print booth wouldn't find the pictures.
It was running XP BTW.
I think it was also seeing two drives and the print software was scanning
the wrong one.
I downloaded the removal tool from sandisk and ran it on vista and removed
U3.
Now both machines only see the one drive and work better.

I guess there is more than one version of U3 out there and some can be
removed using vista and some can't.

The problem of Vista compatibility with SanDisk Cruzers is apparently quite
well known. However, not every Vista system is affected. When I bought my
flashdrive, the store assured me it would work on Vista, even though the
packaging clearly did not list Vista as a valid OS. Of course it didn't work
on my system, which was an Acer Aspire L320. When I brought it back to the
shop, they tested the same flashdrive on several Vista systems which they
had, and they ALL WORKED with no problems! So they refused to take back my
flashdrive.
When I checked with SanDisk support, they told me the problem lay with
certain OEM versions of Vista. They told me that Acer was one of them. So it
seems that U3 is compatible with some OEM versions of Vista, but not others!
I did try the uninstall tool using my Acer system, but in my case, it didn't
work because the system did not even recognise the flashdrive. (The Device
Manager indicates the flashdrive is present, but it does not show up in the
"Computer" folder.)
Perhaps my version of U3 is not the latest, but now that I have successfully
removed it and the flashdrive is working, I am not keen to try a later
version of U3 (assuming it exists), because when I first installed the
flashdrive with U3, it really screwed up my system very badly and I had to do
several system restores before the system became stable again. That's too
much time wasted for such a small and inexpensive piece of hardware!

"dennis@home" wrote:

> That wasn't true of my Sandisk cruzer 1G.
>
> Vista recognised two drives when I plugged it in.
> One was a flash drive and one appeared to be some emulation of a CD IIRC.
> Ther U3 control panel din't work it said this version doesn't work with
> vista please visit www.sandisk.... for an update.
>
> Trouble is I copied some jpegs to the flash drive and took it to Boots the
> chemist and their print booth wouldn't find the pictures.
> It was running XP BTW.
> I think it was also seeing two drives and the print software was scanning
> the wrong one.
> I downloaded the removal tool from sandisk and ran it on vista and removed
> U3.
> Now both machines only see the one drive and work better.
>
> I guess there is more than one version of U3 out there and some can be
> removed using vista and some can't.
>
>
>

"Chua" wrote:

> The problem of Vista compatibility with SanDisk Cruzers is apparently quite
> well known. However, not every Vista system is affected. When I bought my
> flashdrive, the store assured me it would work on Vista, even though the
> packaging clearly did not list Vista as a valid OS. Of course it didn't work
> on my system, which was an Acer Aspire L320. When I brought it back to the
> shop, they tested the same flashdrive on several Vista systems which they
> had, and they ALL WORKED with no problems! So they refused to take back my
> flashdrive.
> When I checked with SanDisk support, they told me the problem lay with
> certain OEM versions of Vista. They told me that Acer was one of them. So it
> seems that U3 is compatible with some OEM versions of Vista, but not others!
> I did try the uninstall tool using my Acer system, but in my case, it didn't
> work because the system did not even recognise the flashdrive. (The Device
> Manager indicates the flashdrive is present, but it does not show up in the
> "Computer" folder.)
> Perhaps my version of U3 is not the latest, but now that I have successfully
> removed it and the flashdrive is working, I am not keen to try a later
> version of U3 (assuming it exists), because when I first installed the
> flashdrive with U3, it really screwed up my system very badly and I had to do
> several system restores before the system became stable again. That's too
> much time wasted for such a small and inexpensive piece of hardware!
>
> "dennis@home" wrote:
>
> > That wasn't true of my Sandisk cruzer 1G.
> >
> > Vista recognised two drives when I plugged it in.
> > One was a flash drive and one appeared to be some emulation of a CD IIRC.
> > Ther U3 control panel din't work it said this version doesn't work with
> > vista please visit www.sandisk.... for an update.
> >
> > Trouble is I copied some jpegs to the flash drive and took it to Boots the
> > chemist and their print booth wouldn't find the pictures.
> > It was running XP BTW.
> > I think it was also seeing two drives and the print software was scanning
> > the wrong one.
> > I downloaded the removal tool from sandisk and ran it on vista and removed
> > U3.
> > Now both machines only see the one drive and work better.
> >
> > I guess there is more than one version of U3 out there and some can be
> > removed using vista and some can't.
> >
> >
> >

"Chua" wrote:

> The problem of Vista compatibility with SanDisk Cruzers is apparently quite
> well known. However, not every Vista system is affected. When I bought my
> flashdrive, the store assured me it would work on Vista, even though the
> packaging clearly did not list Vista as a valid OS. Of course it didn't work
> on my system, which was an Acer Aspire L320. When I brought it back to the
> shop, they tested the same flashdrive on several Vista systems which they
> had, and they ALL WORKED with no problems! So they refused to take back my
> flashdrive.
> When I checked with SanDisk support, they told me the problem lay with
> certain OEM versions of Vista. They told me that Acer was one of them. So it
> seems that U3 is compatible with some OEM versions of Vista, but not others!
> I did try the uninstall tool using my Acer system, but in my case, it didn't
> work because the system did not even recognise the flashdrive. (The Device
> Manager indicates the flashdrive is present, but it does not show up in the
> "Computer" folder.)
> Perhaps my version of U3 is not the latest, but now that I have successfully
> removed it and the flashdrive is working, I am not keen to try a later
> version of U3 (assuming it exists), because when I first installed the
> flashdrive with U3, it really screwed up my system very badly and I had to do
> several system restores before the system became stable again. That's too
> much time wasted for such a small and inexpensive piece of hardware!
>
> "dennis@home" wrote:
>
> > That wasn't true of my Sandisk cruzer 1G.
> >
> > Vista recognised two drives when I plugged it in.
> > One was a flash drive and one appeared to be some emulation of a CD IIRC.
> > Ther U3 control panel din't work it said this version doesn't work with
> > vista please visit www.sandisk.... for an update.
> >
> > Trouble is I copied some jpegs to the flash drive and took it to Boots the
> > chemist and their print booth wouldn't find the pictures.
> > It was running XP BTW.
> > I think it was also seeing two drives and the print software was scanning
> > the wrong one.
> > I downloaded the removal tool from sandisk and ran it on vista and removed
> > U3.
> > Now both machines only see the one drive and work better.
> >
> > I guess there is more than one version of U3 out there and some can be
> > removed using vista and some can't.
> >
> >
> >